Valerie Murray, Author at Valerie Murray

When You Doubt God’s Love in Grief

by Valerie Murray | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, Faith | 35 comments

Grief was like a dark cloud, suffocating the room with its anesthetic, crippling the mind of making sense of this new reality. Some of us were weeping and some stood in shock as the body of my husband’s dear mom—my mother-in-law—lay lifeless on the floor, her...

Trusting God

by Valerie Murray | Sep 7, 2015 | Blog, Poems and Prayers | 2 comments

Parenting: How to Embrace the Steps of Letting Go

by Valerie Murray | Sep 5, 2015 | Blog, Parenting | 18 comments

“You start kindergarten next week. What will I do Meghan? I just might cry,” I told her as we snuggled and I stared into those deep sea blue eyes. She cupped my face in her sticky little hands and told me she would miss me too because “I like being with my...

Finding Grace in the Mess

by Valerie Murray | Aug 29, 2015 | Blog, Parenting | 20 comments

It was late and the house was the same mess we left it in. Funny how that works. I didn’t feel like being a drill sergeant in order to get everyone to pick up their own mess and I don’t like to go to bed with the house in disarray, so I decided to tidy it up...

The Wedding Date: Let’s Dance Again

by Valerie Murray | Aug 22, 2015 | Blog, Marriage | 16 comments

I knew I was falling in love with my husband on one of our first dates. We went to a wedding together. I discovered that he had a lot of friends and a sense of humor that made everyone laugh. We held hands and walked along a moonlit path as we got to know each...